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Wukoki. Wukoki, figure 103. the tallest building of the Black 

 Falls buildings, belongs to the second type and is the highest and 

 best preserved of these buildings. It presents some of the finest 

 masonry on the monument, and almost entirely covers the top of the 

 small mesa. From a distance across the sands, its prominent walls 

 resemble a castle, its base rising about 15 feet above the neighboring 

 plain. 



General features of the -a'alls. The walls of the large l)uildings 

 that form the most striking feature of the Wupatki monument 



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Fig. 103. — Wukoki (near Wupatki Monument). It is hoped that Wukoki 

 may later lie included in the ^Monument. 



belong to the fine masonry of the Southwest. They are constructed 

 of a filling faced on both surfaces with slabs of dressed stone, often 

 more or less artificially worked and laid in courses. But, as in the 

 construction of all masonry in the Southwest, some of the first prin- 

 ciples of masonry are neglected. For instance, the corner binding of 

 stones is neglected and there is seldom an overlapping of the same in 

 order to tie the component stones of the wall together. The corners 

 especially show weakness in this particular for they are seldom 

 fitted together. The stones are sometimes roughly hewn, the alter- 

 nating courses being often pitted on the surfaces, but also occasion- 

 ally decorated with incised geometrical designs. The doors and en- 

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